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(No Model.)

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Application filed Feb. 19, 1900.-)l

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ISAIAII L. HAUSER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PACKING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,084, dated December18, 1900.

Application filed February 19,1900. Serial No. 5 ,791. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAIAH L. HAUSER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Cases, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to packing-cases, and more particularly to thatclass of receptacles known as knockdown boxes.

It consists in combinining suitable side, top, and bottom members withangle edges, corner-pieces, or stiffeningstrips and means for unitingthe parts and attaching the removable top member.

The objects of this invention are to provide a suitable packing-casethat may be cheaply constructed, that will be lightin weight andhermetically tight and strong, and that may be readily taken apart andpacked in small compass for shipping and quickly put together whenrequired for use. Further objects andadvantages will be morespecifically pointed out in the following description and claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a packing-caseembodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. llooking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail onthe line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the cover of thebox,'showing the arrangement of the angle-pieces. Fig. is a sectionaldetail of one end of the cover somewhat enlarged. Fig. 6 shows a nest ofthe angle-pieces as arranged for shipping.

Ais a packing-case having the sides a of and the ends b b. Angle-piecesc c are provided on the outside of the corners formed by the side andend members, and similar angle-pieces d d are adapted to fit on theinner corners so formed. Screw-bolts ce, having nuts ff, are used tosecurely unite the angles and box members, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.The bottom member of the box g is united to the side and end members a bin a similar manner by angle-pieces h, which over or under lap theangles c d at the corners.

The cover I consists of the top member t, the outer angles 7o, and theinner angles Z, which overlap at the corners and are held around thetopby the bolts e e. In order to accomplish the fastening of the cover uponthe box when it is in place, the nuts f fon the inner faces of thedepending sides of the angles are soldered in position ready to receivethe bolts e e, as shown in Figs. 4and 5, and for convenience all of thenuts may be so attached.

It will be readily seen how the side and bottom members, with theiruniting angles or edges, can be assembled. The diiiculty heretofore hasbeen to iind some suitable manner for fastening the cover. This isovercome as above described. After the box proper has been assembled itis only necessary to slip the cover into position and insert thescrewbolts, which will engage with the iixed nuts on the inside of thebox.

The side, end, bottom, and top members may be made of any material, butpreferably of sheets of stiff trunk-board or other form of paper-board,with the angles of steel or galvanized iron, but may be of any othermaterial. I have found that such a construction, wherein for everyoutside corner-angle 01 edge piece there is a corresponding inside pieceand the two are iirmly united by bolts passing therethrough and throughthe sides of the box, makes an exceedingly tight, strong, and durablebox and prevents any liability of leakage at the corners.

When the box is knocked down for shipping, the sides will readily packinto very small compass, and the angles or edges may be arranged as inFig. 6, so as to take up the smallest amount of space.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In combination in aknockdown box, flat sides and bottom, inner and outer angle-strips forsecuring the meeting edges of the sides and bottoms together, and va tophaving depending inner and outer flanges, the outer flanges fittingbetween the outer vertical corner-strips and the sides and ends, and theinner iiange fitting within the box and abutting the innerfaces of theinner strips at the corners of the box, said flanges and strips havingalining openings in the same, the inner ends of said openings havingthreaded extensions, substantially as described.

`ISAIAII L. HAUSER. Witnesses:

JOSEPH G. PARKINSON, Tnos. D. MCMAHON.

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